Saksagan
Tribonian and the others
The Digest was not the end, however. It was still too large—several bulky and expensive manuscript volumes in any rendition—to be more than a...
Newly intrusive managerial empire
Such growth meant that central government could know local affairs, and thus meddle in them, with much greater accuracy and timeliness than ever before....
Evidently ambitious Justinian
Justin remained on the throne for almost nine years, but he was neither young nor forceful nor well connected nor well educated. The younger...
Recurrent raids into Gaul
Galerius, however, had no intention of offering refuge to the old troublemaker, so Maximian was forced to flee again, this time to Arles, where...
Arles the Massilotes
At Arles the Massilotes had built an important trading station in the time of the early Phoenicians, before the luckless Queen Dido of Tyre...
With Maximian and Maxentius
“There is no hurry,” he assured her. “I plan to remain in Arles for a while; it will be easier to keep in touch...
Eusebius admitted
The sermon was quickly finished and the people filed out. The Empress and Lady Valeria went down an aisle along one side of the...
History of your religion
“I am no soothsayer, as the priests of Apollo claim to be.” Eusebius appeared to take no umbrage at his words or manner. “But...
Eusebius explained
“With the army Galerius will lead against them this time, they will be too busy to destroy abandoned buildings,” Constantine assured him. “In less...
Lucius Catullus grimly
“The Emperor was concerned about the arsenal at Damascus,” Constantine explained. “And he wanted to know what is really happening on the Persian frontier.”
“The...
